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arxiv: 1103.5068 · v2 · pith:N6WLEWSYnew · submitted 2011-03-25 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO· astro-ph.HE

Detection Prospects for Majorana Fermion WIMPless Dark Matter

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keywords scatteringdarkdetectionfermionmajoranamatterwimplesscase
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We consider both velocity-dependent and velocity-independent contributions to spin-dependent (SD) and spin-independent (SI) nuclear scattering (including one-loop corrections) of WIMPless dark matter, in the case where the dark matter candidate is a Majorana fermion. We find that spin-independent scattering arises only from the mixing of exotic squarks, or from velocity-dependent terms. Nevertheless (and contrary to the case of MSSM neutralino WIMPs), we find a class of models which cannot be detected through SI scattering, but can be detected at IceCube/DeepCore through SD scattering. We study the detection prospects for both SI and SD detection strategies for a large range of Majorana fermion WIMPless model parameters.

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